Description: She wears suspenders and brown workpants. Her shirt is grey, and she wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her feathered brown hat.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the north. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and doesn't want to be a architect and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Gifted, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 9000 cp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: Standing 2'11", this man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing dancing.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He found a children's book about a Halfling Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. Her chestnut hair is wavy and long. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Pelt was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She carries with her a set of spears, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She has styled her cinnamon fur well, parting it to the left. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her green eyes.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Serpent fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Immigrant. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (40 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (900 gp). 3 Holy water. 3 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: A 4'10" eastern woman, she wears a white shirt with thin violet vertical stripes and grey pants. Her moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her hair is cut close to her head. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Orianna has worked very hard to control her curse. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Joker, Opinionated. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 10 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His crest is brass and very short. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was born in the north. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Simple lock.

Description: This man is very fat, and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has done his best to style his white fur to look like a famous performer. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. In the meantime he has taken over work as a Brewer and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.